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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. BAILEY, OF WYLIE, TEXAS.

WASHBOARD.

MCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,648, dated July 17, 1900. immuun mi bmw s, use. snm so. 139,021. ma moan.)

1b all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT E. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Wylie, intheconntyoiCollin and StateotTexas,have 5 invented a new and useful Washboard, of

which the tollowi is s specilication.

Thggnrvdelition re aies to improvements in 111e object of the present invention is to imxo prove the construction of washboards and te provide a simple, inexpensive, and edicieut one which will aiiord an emcient rubbing-surface which will permit water to thoroughly drain from it after the operation of washing x5 has b een completed. The invention consiste in the construction andnovel combination and arrangement of Ertehereinsfter fully described, illustrated the accompanying drawings, and pointed aeontitheelsimsheretosppe the dre Figure 1 is a trout elevatioc'ota'wash eonstrnctedin accordance with' this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal lcctiogni view' of the same. Fig. 3 is a transs$ sectional view. Fig. 4 is s rear elevaot 'portion o! the washboani, illustreta arrangement of the transverse drainz 5 'is an enlarged detail secustrsting the arrangement ci 3c the lower cnds'of the springs.

Like numerals of re erence designate corpartsinalltheiignresctthedraw- 1 ldesignate side pieces of the frame of the 35 wlshhoard, and these side pieces are connectodbyabeekzxtendingfrom the u percross- '8 to wi n a short distance o the lower of the'side pieces, which are extended to in the usual manner. The back,

is iitted between the side pieces, has

s from s bottom cross-bar e side pieces and having its f t and rear edges ilueh with the front and ed of the said side pieces. The side are connected near their upper ends intermediate cross-pieee 5, which is from the top cross-piece 8 to ferm a bc ithin the recess or space inclosed by the dde pieces and the cross-pieces 4 and 6 are arranged s series of parallel longitudinal coiled springs 6, forming a rubbing-surface and having .their end coils abutting against the said cross-pieces 4 and 5, and the lower terminals of the springs are extended rear- 55 ward into the space 7, between the lower end of the back and the bottom cress-bar 4. This space forms a drain-opening, and by arranging the lower ends 8 of the springs between the back and the bottom cross-bar 4 a per- 6o fectly -sold structure is provided and the durability of the washboard is greatlyiucreased. The ends of the coiled springs dif vide the space 7 into a series of separsiie wa ter- :u as clearl illustrated id Fig. 3 65 o! the accompanying rwings, 'and water is prevented fron: running from one end f the space to the other and is caused to pass drectly through the same from the iront of the washboard to the back thereof.

The coiled springs, which .are expansionsprings, are Placed in the recess or space of the' frame o the washboard under tension, and the springs are prevented from bowing outward and are retained in the spaceor re= cess of the frame by longitudinal rods 9, extending through the spiral springs and engnging the same at the back thereof, whereby the springs are held securely against the back 2 of the frame of the washboard. The upper 8c and lower ends of the longitudinal rods are extended through the cross-bars 4' and 5 and abut against upper and lower transverse cleats 10 and 11,secured, respectively, to the upper face of the intermediate cross-bar 5 and\ to the lower face of the bottom crosslbar 4, The side pieces are connected adjacent to the lower cleat il by a transverse rod 12,.l having its terminals suitably secured to thesaid side ieces.

It will be seen that the washboard, which is simple and comparatively-inexpensive ip construction, posscsses greet strength and dlira: bility, and that the coiled springs, which form an eiiieient rubbing surface, are securelyiastened to thefrsme, nud that the transverse slot or space at the back of the same forms an eiiicleut drain-opening. It will also be epparent that the lower terminala ot the spiral spriu by being interposed between the lower roo end o the back and the lowercroee-bar i divide the space or drain-opening and cause the nier to fio directly through the same, and

they also support the [arts by forming a solid structure.

what is claimed is- 5 i. A wnshbosrtl comprising a. frame h ving 8 Spnco or recess nt its front and provid d at the bottom thereof with a transverse drainopening, a seriesot longitudinal coiled springs arranged within the recess or space snd hsving their lower ends extended rearward into the drsinopening und dividing the same into a serios of separato passages, and the longitudinsl rods passing through nach of the coiled s rings and located at the back of the coils an ad spted to retain the said iowerends in the drain -opeuiug, substantially as described. j

2. A wsshhoard comprising side ieces, a boeit connecting the sido pieces, e llower cross-bor 4 spaced from the lower endo! the back to form s. transverse drnin-opcning,the intermediate cross-har 5 connecting the sido pieces nesrthe top of the wnshboard, the longitndinal spiral springs inte between the said cross-pieces und hnving their lowerterminnlsextended intothedrain-openingand intorposed between the bottom cross-piece 4 and the iowr end of the beck, the rodsextendlng through the coiled sprln and through the cross-pieces 4 and 5, snd transverse cleats 3o arranged at the upper-lisce o! the owl i000 5 and the lower taco of the cross. loos'., Ind having the ends of the rods sbntt ng sgsinst them, substs i ally ss described.

3. A wsshoonrd comprising s imno having 35 ssp'sce or recess st its front, slries of longitndinsl expansion-springs am gbd within the recess or space under compression, sn having their end coils sbnttingngninst the frame, s .nd the longitudinal rods paling so through each o! the coiled sprln securing the same in the space or reces an priventng them from bowingontwsrd ssid rodshsving their terminata extended rough theedjscent portionsof the tramo, substsntinllysl 45 described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing ls my own I hsve hereto silixed my signstnnin the presence of two witnesses,

lll ROBERT E. x BAILEY.

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Witnesses:

T. J. Swpr, D. W. Gsvnnm. 

